My understanding is that your cpu does not support the conditional move instruction set (cmov). This instruction set is handled by the 6th generation of cpu or 686 architecture (example: Pentium 3). This situation is compounded by the fact that many of the Java downloads are labeled as 586 so one would think that these versions of Java are compatible with older systems, but this is not always the case. I also looked at OpenJDK, but it (version 1.6) seems to coded for i686 only.

Somewhere on a bulletin board site, I read that the earliest versions of Java 1.6 are compatible with the 586 class of cpu. So, try to find an earlier version of Java and test those, or possibly TheAsterisk could try to compile an old version for you.

Beyond that, I don't know whether one could custom compile a fairly current version of Java for older systems. It seems to me that one would have to strip all references to cmov in the bytecode and use an older JIT compiler to complete the process.

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Thanks, Monsie...that's exactly what I needed!
Found a Java .pet here (early 2010) that not only works with K6-2, but also with 2.14x / 4.x / Wary.

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I don't know whether one could custom compile a fairly current version of Java for older systems. It seems to me that one would have to strip all references to cmov in the bytecode and use an older JIT compiler to complete the process.

For now, the only apparent solution is finding the latest version that still works.Last edited by Dewbie on Sat 20 Oct 2012, 06:17; edited 4 times in total

I found Java runtime version 1.6-17 in sfs4 package over here so it will work with Puppy 4.3.1 and Wary Puppy... If you are running either a frugal installation, or pupmode 13 then it should be a breeze to set up.

Monsie_________________My username is pronounced: "mun-see". Derived from my surname, it was my nickname throughout high school.

Thanks, Monsie.
The 1.6-18 Java .pet I linked to above is slightly newer.
Upon installation, it indicates that there is a desktop menu entry.
But it's nowhere to be found.
So I made one.
Be sure to install Java first, before the menu entry.

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